A grand bottle-breaking event was held at the Vaynol Arms Hotel in Abersoch, when the proceeds from six months hard work by the licensee, Andrew Shaw, were counted.

Long after the bottle had been filled interest in the collection was maintained by a competition to guess the amount it held. Captain Pat Grimason, the station honorary secretary, broke the bottle which held a magnificent £419.25 (£250 being the result of a sponsored shave by Andrew Shaw and lifeboat crew member Keith Thomas).

The competition to guess the amount held in the bottle raised £100, of which £50 was donated to the RNLI and a raffle realised a further £ 100. One of the prizewinners, Nick Collins, donated his prize of a bottle of whisky to be auctioned and the final bid raised £50.

A hot-pot supper with music by the Elite Syncopators Jazz Band completed a very enjoyable evening which resulted in total proceeds of £619.55..